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ROBERT ALBRO

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The Arts of International Affairs: Time for a New Conversation about Culture

Once again the debate about the arts and their relationship to the economy has been enjoined, this time in the UK. The terms are by now entirely familiar, and certainly loom in any discussion of the “value” of the arts in the US as well. This is particularly true for the US during recessions and […]

Posted in Arts diplomacy, Creative economy, Cultural diplomacy Tagged arts diplomacy, Creative economy, Cultural Diplomacy, Culture, graffiti, International affairs 1 Comment

Cultural Diplomacy and Heritage Wars

Over the past two decades cultural heritage, both tangible and intangible, has become an increasingly evident – and fraught – subject of foreign affairs. One reason is a recent proliferation of multilateral conventions by UNESCO, among others, more specifically articulating international frameworks for the protection and conservation of cultural heritage globally. These include the 2003 […]

Posted in Applied cultural research, Cultural diplomacy, Cultural Policy, Culture and the Securityscape, Soft power Tagged Applied Cultural Research, arts diplomacy, Cultural Diplomacy, Cultural Heritage, Cultural Policy, Cultural security, Military, Soft Power Leave a comment

Cultural Diplomacy’s Representational Conceit

This post continues my preliminary discussion of the results of a survey I recently conducted, designed to invite practitioners of cultural diplomacy to reflect upon their own practice. Additional discussion of this survey can be found in my February 15th post. As I noted in the earlier post, this analysis is less about criticizing or […]

Posted in Cultural diplomacy, Cultural exchange, Cultural Policy Tagged arts diplomacy, Cultural Diplomacy, cultural exchange, cultural representations, Public Diplomacy Leave a comment

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    • 3 Quarks Daily
    • Anthropology Now
    • Anthropologyworks
    • Arts Diplomacy Network
    • Aspen Institute's Global Initiative on Culture and Society
    • Crooked Timber
    • Cultural Heritage Web
    • Cultural Policy Center at the University of Chicago
    • Culture Matters
    • Ethnography Matters
    • Exchange — The Journal of Public Diplomacy
    • Intermap
    • International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies
    • John Brown's Public Diplomacy Press and Blog Review
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    • Savage Minds
    • Slate's Future Tense
    • Take Five
    • The Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy
    • USC Public Diplomacy Center Blog

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    Recent Posts

    • Global Dialogues among Cultural Producers in an Era of Nativist Travel Bans
    • Inauthenticity and the Tweet Tweet of Digital Diplomacy
    • Cultural Diplomacy of and by the Book
    • Troping the Enemy: Culture, Metaphor Programs, and Notional Publics of National Security
    • The Arts of International Affairs: Time for a New Conversation about Culture

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